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Task definition defines sensitive environment variable(s).
AWS-0036
Service: ecsSeverity: critical
OfficialBuilt-inVerified
You should not make secrets available to a user in plaintext in any scenario. Secrets can instead be pulled from a secure secret storage system by the service requiring them.
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# METADATA
# title: Task definition defines sensitive environment variable(s).
# description: |
# You should not make secrets available to a user in plaintext in any scenario. Secrets can instead be pulled from a secure secret storage system by the service requiring them.
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["cloud"]
# related_resources:
# - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/integration-ps-secretsmanager.html
# - https://www.vaultproject.io/
# custom:
# id: AWS-0036
# long_id: aws-ecs-no-plaintext-secrets
# aliases:
# - AVD-AWS-0036
# - no-plaintext-secrets
# - aws-ecs-no-plaintext-secrets
# provider: aws
# service: ecs
# severity: CRITICAL
# minimum_trivy_version: 0.58.0
# recommended_action: Use secrets for the task definition
# input:
# selector:
# - type: cloud
# subtypes:
# - service: ecs
# provider: aws
# examples: checks/cloud/aws/ecs/no_plaintext_secrets.yaml
package builtin.aws.ecs.aws0036
import rego.v1
deny contains res if {
some container in input.aws.ecs.taskdefinitions[_].containerdefinitions
some env in container.environment
scan_result := scan_env_value(env)
scan_result.transgressionFound
res := result.new(
sprintf("Container definition contains a potentially sensitive in environment variable %q: %s", [env.name, scan_result.description]),
container,
)
}
scan_env_value(env) := squealer.scan_string(get_value(env.value))
deny contains res if {
some container in input.aws.ecs.taskdefinitions[_].containerdefinitions
some env in container.environment
is_sensitive_attr(get_value(env.name))
res := result.new(
sprintf("Container definition contains a potentially sensitive in environment variable name %q", [env.name]),
container,
)
}
get_value(attr) := attr if {
is_string(attr)
} else := attr.value if {
not is_string(attr)
}
is_sensitive_attr(attr) if {
attrl := lower(attr)
attrl in sensitive_attribute_tokens
}
is_sensitive_attr(attr) if {
attrl := lower(attr)
not attrl in sensitive_attribute_tokens
some token in sensitive_attribute_tokens
contains(attrl, token)
not is_whitelisted(attrl)
}
is_whitelisted(attr) if {
some token in whitelist_tokens
startswith(attr, token)
}
sensitive_attribute_tokens := {
"password",
"secret",
"private_key",
"aws_access_key_id",
"aws_secret_access_key",
"token",
"api_key",
}
whitelist_tokens := {
"token_type",
"version",
}